Saving a radio stream

[jmcc]

Hi - Forgive me for asking what is probably a stupid question, but I've just started looking at internet radio streams for the first time and was wondering how I can save a stream within the media tree to go back to later. For example, to listen to BBC Radio 4, I run File/Open URL or File/ then enter "http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r4x.asx" in the open dialog and it streams fine; is there any way to save this to the media tree for use later?

What would be even better, is to then be able to distribute this stream via DLNA to a renderer/player - making any renderer an Internet Radio. Again - apologies if this is already possible, but I can't quite see how to do it.

Thanks
John

[rusty]

John,

I've used [code=http://www.stationripper.com/]StationRipper[/code] in the past, and set MM's File Monitor to detect whatever streams it saves.

There might be an MM addon that someone has built for this, but I'm not aware.

-Rusty

[tommycrock]

Well, I can't get it to play either way, but I can get the same result as Open URL or File... by going to the Web node, right click and "add new bookmark". You can then name the bookmark by right-clicking it. How come it plays on yours and does this work for you?

[rusty]

Yes--that particular stream works for me (in 1454). Could it be that you're missing some Windows Media components (you can test by seeing if it plays in WMP).

-Rusty

[jmcc]

Hi Tommycrock

Yes that method works for me (1454) as well.

Thanks
John

[tommycrock]

Hmm, well it works for me now in 1455 - although it looks a lot more ugly than in WMP. In MM do you have a list of 32 UIDs in the now playing list? In WMP it brings up the name of the radio station only.

[jmcc]

Hi Tommycrock

Yes - I get the long list of streams in MM4.

Thanks
John